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And it would also run the risk of having big empty spaces.
If you have a season ticket you go to every game unless you have a very good reason. If you don't have to buy a season you'll cherry-pick the games you go to.
Start building this summer? What planet are you from?
I'd take a guess that the cunning plan is for completion by 2012, with a view to the new stadium being an Olympics venue.
I agree with you that a building start this summer is over-optimistic. But I think you in turn are being overly-optimistic, if you think we can persuade the Olympic team, that a stadium that is still a figment of everyone's imagination can be one of the Olympic games venues. I'd be even more disheartened about the Olympics fiasco than I already am, if I thought that the venues had not already been decided in principle. Even if they hadn't, the presence of Sir Keith Mills on our Board would preclude the use of our facilities, because there would be uproar over his previous connection with the Games. Indeed, it was stated at the time he joined the Board that it meant there would be no chance of us using the main Olympic Stadium for that very reason.
With regard to stadium capacity, this is a bit of a "chicken and egg" situation. If we don't build a bigger stadium, then in the medium to long-term we limit our capacity to compete with the top European clubs. So it has to be part of a drive to enhance the team's achievements on the pitch. If that is successful, we will have no problem filling a 60,000 capacity stadium. If it is not, we will.
The board has to use its expertise to ensure that both happen, and clearly, with limited resources, they've got a massive problem.
In my view it is essential that Tottenham get's a large investment of new share capital quite soon, otherwise we will be up the proverbial.